2016 Dover - Delaware 400 - Pre Race Thread

Updated schedule.....

@bobpockrass

Dover schedule (to be adjusted b/c rain), NBCSN: Cup prac 10-1125, Xfin prac 1130-1225 & 130-255, Cup qual 3:40. (K&N East: race 5pm)
 
sure hope no one is camping in the low areas in lots 11 and 12 yet. they wont be happy campers. that's a flash flood area when it rains like this.
 
Weather could be an issue at Dover:The National Weather Service calls for rain to be likely on Friday and Saturday, but clearing on Sunday.
Today - Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a high near 70. Northeast wind 13 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday - Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday - A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Dover does not have lights. Qualifying was rained out at the track last fall and again this past spring. For more weather links, check out the Dover Race page - weather section.(9-30-2016)
 
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@bobpockrass

Tony Stewart to be held 15 minutes during first practice for failing templates three times at Chicago. Didn't serve at NHMS b/c rain threat
 
Delayed again.....

@bobpockrass

Because practice shortened to dry track, Stewart's 15-minute penalty deferred to Charlotte.
 
OtisCampbell said:
We're heading for Dover Saturday night/Sunday morning, weather-be-damned. We'll be sitting behind the #88 pit box trying to stay dry.
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that's cool, hope it works out for you. went to dover for twenty years never got rain out. they always got the race in some how.
 
We went the past 2 fall races. Two years ago, the weather was awesome. Last year, we had Hurricane Joaquin. The Sunday weather was crappy, foggy, and cloudy, but they got the race in. It just seems like NASCAR rushes the show when the weather sucks. I guess they have no choice. If you get a window without rain, you get the race going.
 
Lyle Karson fast af off the truck, again. Hopefully it can translate on Sunday...
 
I hope they get the Xfinity race in tomorrow. Not looking forward to running two races on Sunday.
 
Starting grid.....

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If anyone has plans to watch a delayed broadcast of the K&N race from yesterday, DO NOT click the link I posted earlier.

The way the cam was aimed a couple minutes ago gives a view of the scoring pylon and the numbers are still on it.
 
Xfinity race moved to 10am tomorrow. I wonder how they will handle people with COLD garage passes? Tell them to go back home?
 
I'd love to, but no one seems to have the answer. Dover says to ask NASCAR. NASCAR does not have any viable contact info.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Baseball double-header economics are different. Some of them are planned in advance. For the unplanned ones, the season has so many games that the team knows there will be a few unscheduled ones. Also, when a fan buys a ticket, he's in the same seat for both games.

Race tracks host far fewer events than baseball stadiums, so they're annual planned budget can't include any freebies. With racing, the fans payed a lot less for those supporting race tickets than for the Cup event. The track isn't going to let those X-only ticket holders get the Cup race for free. There's also the potential problem of different people holding tickets for the same seat in each race.

I've read of a couple of unplanned doubles where the Cup ticket holders are let in for free after 20% or 25% of the supporting race has been run. I recall M'ville started a Truck race on a Sunday double-header and then let the Cup holders in after 50 laps of 250. I guess the track figures that by that point, they've sold all the tickets they can reasonably expect to move, and the good will from letting the Cup crowd in the smart long-term move.
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They are allowing anyone with an Xfinity ticket in for both races. You just have to move if someone with a Sprint Cup ticket has your seat for the second race. So....if you bought an Xfinity ticket, you get a free double header.
 
There was nothing on RADAR .Maybe climate change is worse then I thought.
 
I'm not even sure if they will let us in. I can't seem to contact anyone at Dover or NASCAR to see how they are handling people with COLD garage passes.
 
Might be Monday with how the low spins and brings up bay mist

How unfortunate fifa has 40 sponsors but this race has 0

pouring here in the delware valley now, not showing up on RADAR. Rain is hitting the roof

Hopefully we get 1st time winner
 
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Note: All times are ET

SUNDAY, OCT. 2:


ON TRACK: XFINITY Series at Dover
-- 10 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive Sober 200 (200 laps, 200 miles), CNBC (Follow live)

ON TRACK: Sprint Cup Series at Dover
--1:30 p.m.: NCSC Driver Introductions with NASCAR Special Awards
--2:00 p.m.: Presentation of Colors by Dover Air Force Base Color Guard
--2:00:20 p.m.: Invocation by Pastor Dan Schafer, Calvary Assembly of God in Heightstown, NJ
--2:01 p.m.: National Anthem by Easton Corbin
--2:02:30 p.m.: (2) F-16's of the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard (Turns 3 – 2)
--2:07:30 p.m.: "Drivers, Start Your Engines" by Grammy Award Winner & Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Joe Walsh
-- 2:15 p.m.: Start of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Citizen Soldier 400 (400 laps, 400 miles), NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Follow live)

PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
-- 5:30 p.m. approx.: Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race
 
Nascar must maintain the Vortex today at all times.
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@bobpockrass

Sprint Cup drivers Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon & Joey Logano won't race rain-delayed Xfinity race
 
They’re stickin’ umbrellas on the picnic tables to the right as one strolls under the arch towards the monster thing.

Wonderin’ if they’re hopin’ for the best or preparin’ for the worst…...
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
@bobpockrass

Sprint Cup drivers Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon & Joey Logano won't race rain-delayed Xfinity race
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Replaced by Drew Herring, Regan Smith and Ryan Blaney.

I'd like to see Drew Herring do well.
 
This weekend is a reason why a "race" should be viewed as an entire weekend proposition IMO. Limited practice with confusing track conditions give us tremendous uncertainty about what will happen today. When we look at this from the perspective of anticipation to resolution, this "race" is already awesome. Jacked to see what CC's get it right from launch, and screw themselves because adjustability was underestimated. Can't wait to see what drivers adjust, and which ones can't. Awesome stuff. So, I encourage the membership to consider all of this when "rating the race." So stoked for today. I love this damn sport.
 
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